Section-car.



E. D. LEVY $4 B. W. MUDFL SECTR N CAR APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, liiit.

laltvnml May 3E1, 191?.

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w WEE M A) Al/VVENTORS L0, LEVY & B. W. MUDGE.

SECTION CAR.

AFPllCATlCN FILED JULY 29,1916.

Patented May 29, 1917.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2.

E. D. LEVY & B. W. MUDGE.

SECTION CAR.

APPLICATION FILED'JULY 29,1916. gfi fi b Patented May 29, 191?.

3 SHEETS SHEET 3- LEVY, L? SPRINGFIELD, "MISSOURI, AND BURTON W. MUIDGE, 8F CHICAGO,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1 31?,

Application filed July 29, 191%. Serial No, 112,053.

To all whom it may COHOQW'L.

Be it known that we, l lnwann D. LEVY and BURTON W. ll'lnnon, citizens of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, and Chicago in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, respectively, have invent-ed certain new and useful ln'iproveinents in Section-Cars, of which the following is a. specification.

()ur invention relates to railway section cars which are now most frequently operated by gasolene motors and are used for transporting section gangs and their tools and appliances to and from the places where the work on the track is being done. These cars, when motor driven, are often run at high speeds and, as a result of the carelessness 0f the operators and of the occupants, accidents are not infrequent, due, for example, to the derailing of the car or from the workmen being thrown from the car when a curve is taken at too high a speed. It has also. happened that cars of this type have been wrecked and the workmen hurt by the tools falling from the deck of the car upon the track and causing the car to be derailed.

One of the principal objects of our invention is to provide a gljlard structure for a section car, particularly a motor driven section car which, while adding little to the weight of the car, an important consideration, as these cars have to be frequently lifted from the rails, will be strong and so designed to aii'ord as much protection against accident as is possible under the circumstances.

A further object of the invention is to provide an arrangement which will minimize the danger of injury to the workmen when the car is removed from the track. In lifting the car from the rails it may be tilted on one pair of wheels and, wherev no means of protection is provided, there is likelihood that the hands of the men who have hold of the car at this end may be crushed between the car and the ties 0r rails. T he car of our invention is preferably provided with a hand rail at each end, below which is arranged a guard rail, the latter being of such crosssectional configuration that it is not convenient to grasp when the car is lifted. Thus the workmen are forced to lay hold of the upper or hand rail, and the lower one or guard rail will thus protect their hands from being crushed or otherwise injured.

The invention consists in the new and im proved arrangen'ients, devices and constructions, to be hereinafter described and claimed, for carrying out the above stated objects, and such other incidental objects as may appear from the following description.

The invention is illustral ed in certain preferred embodiments in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a, preferred form of the invention;

Fig. 2, an end elevation of the car shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a sectional view on line 3-,-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, a view, in perspective, of the guard structureshown in the preceding figures;

5, a fragmentary view, in perspective, of one end of the car frame showing, particularl y, the relation of the hand rail and guard rail;

Fig. 6, a view, in perspective, illustrating a modified construction; and

Fig. 7, a detail view showing a possible further modification.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to l, inclusive, the framework of the ear is shown as of ordinary construction consisting of longitudinal members 16 and transverse members 11 on which latter the deck boards 12 are laid, the structure being preferal'ily braced by transverse truss rods 13. 1% are the wheels of the car on the axles 15 on which the framework of the car may be mounted in any suitable manner (not shown). 16 is a bench extending lengthwise of the car and supported on cross-pieces 17 which are laid on stringers 18, the bench being bolted to the cross-pieces, stringers and deck boards by bolts 19.

In order to prevent tools and other articles from. falling oil the deck, which, as stated, has been the caus of some serious accidents, we preferably provide guard strips 20 along the longitudinal edges of the deck, and similar strips 20 at the ends of the deck.

Guard structures providing hand-holds are arranged at opposite ends of the car.

These structures comprise, preferably in each case, an arched tubular member 21, the

ends 22 of which are bent over, flattened and secured bybolts 23 to the adjacent end guard strip 20 and transverse frame member 11. The structure comprises further a horizontal tubular brace 24:, a pair of Yertical braces extending-between the horizontal brace and guard strip 20 and seoured to the latter and the end transverse frame member 11 by bolts 20, and a vertical brace 27 between the horizontal brace 2 and the arched member 21, these braces be ing preferably made of sections of metal piping and secured together in any suitable manner; for example, by weldin .lrelerably the portions of the guard structures above described. below the horizontal brace 52%, are covered with wire mesh netting 28. The arched guard rails 21 are connected. by a longitudinal member 29 which extends lengthwise of the ca r over the center line of the bench, and the structure is further giditied by suitable diagonal braces, for example the braces 30 extending from the horizontal. braces A of the bench.

For convenience in lifting the car from the rails, the car provided at each end with a hand-rail 31 which fits into grooves formed in "the gprojecting extremities of the longitudinal "frame members 10 of the car and is bolted to said members by bolts he hand-rail consists, preferably, oi

32. a section of metal piping. The guard rail 33 is preferably a flat, relatively thin strip of metal, set diagonally into the lower edges of the frame members 10 and held in place by bolts 32 and wedge. shaped washers Section cars are it'reqneutly crowded to the fullest extent. It is at such times that the danger of accident is greatest. Our idea has been to provide a light, strong guard structure for a car of this sort, which will allord as much hand-hold space as possible. it he men may take hold of the arched. members 21 and alsothe longitudinal member 29, the latter loi'niil'lg a back when the men are seated on the bench. The inclosure of the end by the wire mesh 28 and the provision of a deck with guard strips 20, 20, minimize the chance of tools falling from the car and (lei-ailing it.

liy the arrangement of the hand rails and guard rails at the ends of the car, there is little likelihood that the men who lift the car from the track will have their hands crushed. as has occurred, not in lrerniently. he shape and position of the guard rail is such that it is dillicult to grasp. so that those handling the car are compelled to lay hold of the hand rail.

A modification is shown in Fig. G. In this construction the car is provided with a bench ,36. the seat portion 0t which extends beyond the ends of the deck of the ear. The guard structure at each end of the car consists of an arched member 2:37, a hori- .ee'nses zontal brace 38, a vertical brace 39, the lower end of which sit) is secured to the bench. The spaces between the arched member and the bench are protected by pieces 01'' wire mesh ll secured to the guard structures and. on their inner edges to the bench. Cross-strips K2 are placed across the end openings of the bench so as to minimize the danger of tools that may be placed under the bench falling from the car. The longitudinal brace and hand rail 43 has attached to it an angular strut 44 the ends of which extend to the bench.

Fig. 7 shows an arrangement by which the parts or the guard structure may be held together by bolts insteadof by Welding. The extremity of the horizontal brace 4:5 is bent as indicated at -l-.(S to extend over the arched member -17 of the end guard structure. 4&8 is the horizontal brace of the end strnc ture and i9, 50 pipe sections constituting the vertical brace. 51 represents the diagonalx brace and 52 one of the seat boards of the bench. TAQSG parts are secured together by a bolt 53. The construction, except in this regard, is like that shown inFig. 6.

Vi e claim: I

1. In a railway section car, the combination with the running gear and deck of the car, of guard structures providing handholds extending across the'car from side to side thereof at opposite ends of the deck,- and a. longitudinal guard and bracing structure providinga handheld extending through the middle of the car and connecting said end guard structures.

2. In a railway section car, the combination with the running, gear and deck of the car, of guard structures providing handholds at opposite ends of the deck, a longitudinal guard and bracing structure providing a haiidehold extending through the middlc of the car and connecting said end guard structures, and wire mesh netting secured "to the lower portions of said end guard structures.

3. In a railway section car, the combination with the running gear and deck of the car, of guard structures providing handholds at opposite ends of the deck a longitudinal guard and bracing structure proriding a handheld extending through the middle of the car and connecting said end guard structures. and guard. strips along the edges of the deck of the car.

4-. In a "ailway section car the combination with the running gear and deck of the *ar, of guard structures at opposite ends of the deck comprising arched shaped metal tubular members and horizontal and vertical tubular braces secured together, and a longitudinal tubular member connecting said arched members at their middle points.

5. in a railway section car, the combinw tion with the running gear and deck of the 1,227,eoe $5 car, of a bench extending lengthwise of the car guard structures providing hand-holds at Opposite ends of the car, a longitudinal guard and brace member providing a handhold above the bench and connecting said end guard structures, and diagonal braces attached to said bench for strengthening the aforesaid structures. Y

6. In a railway section car, the combination with the running gearland deck of the ear, of a bench extending lengthwise of the car and a guard structure comprising arched tubular members at the opposite ends of the car, horizontal and vertical braces for the same, a longitudinal member extending between the center points of said arched members above the bench and braces for the aforesaid structure extending to and attached to the bench, and wire mesh netting covering the lower portions of said guard structure at the ends of the car.

7. In a railway section car, the combination with the framing of the car, of a hand rail at one end thereof and a guard rail rigidly secured to' said framing below the hand rail and spaced in fixed position with respect to said hand rail.

8. In a railway section car, the combination with the framing of the car of a hand rail at. one end thereof and a guard rail below and spaced from said hand rail having a cross-sectional configuration which makes it inconvenient to grasp in lifting the car.

9. In a railway section car, the combination with the framing of the car, of a hand rail at one end of the car, round in cross-section, and a thin, flat, diagonally disposed guard rail substantially parallel with and below said hand rail which slopes from the end of the car downwardly toward the cente EDWARD D. LEVY. BURTON /V. MUDGE. 

